https://our.quaint.house/tags/clearing/Recent content in Clearing on Our Quaint HouseHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 27 Jun 2026 21:35:06 -0400https://our.quaint.house/posts/foundation-1/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:35:06 -0400https://our.quaint.house/posts/foundation-1/ <h3 id="massive-rocks">Massive Rocks</h3> <figure class="post-it-figure"> <img src="https://our.quaint.house/posts/foundation-1/giant-rock-1.jpg" alt="Execvator &amp; two giant rocks" loading="lazy" title="Two giant rocks, one an accent, one a problem."> <figcaption>Two giant rocks, one an accent, one a problem.</figcaption> </figure> <p>New England is known for growing rocks. Stick you finger in the ground and you&rsquo;ll hit a rock. This property must be old because the size of the rocks that grew here are massive. These boulders are responsible for breaking the pins on two different sized execvators multiple times, messing with the breaker, and just overall acting like icebergs - they look innocent on the surface, and 2 hours later we still haven&rsquo;t found the edge.</p>https://our.quaint.house/posts/driveway/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:35:06 -0400https://our.quaint.house/posts/driveway/ <h2 id="clearing-the-way">Clearing the Way</h2> <figure class="post-it-figure"> <img src="https://our.quaint.house/posts/driveway/driveway-from-house.jpg" alt="drone view of future driveway approach from the house" loading="lazy" title="Looking down the driveway from the house"> <figcaption>Looking down the driveway from the house</figcaption> </figure> <p>The majority of our driveway came pre-cut and pre-installed. Isn&rsquo;t that nice of nature? However our septic field was in the way of the full approach, and so we had to curve the driveway to the north a bit, unfortunately through some light trees and decent sized rocks.</p>